Announcements

Several librarians at Washington University are offering a series of free workshops this spring to help students, faculty, and staff tap the practical powers of Twitter. Each of the sessions is held in Olin Library’s Arc (Level A) at 3 p.m. on various Thursdays throughout the spring semester. Upcoming sessions will include the following topics: professional development and the job search; photography and images; and the use of hashtags.

Art and community building in St. Louis is the next social issue to be explored in “St. Louis Up Close,” a series sponsored by WUSTL’s Gephardt Institute for Public Service and the Community Service Office. “Art and Community Building: Cherokee Street and Beyond,” will be held at 5 p.m. on Thursday, March 21 in the Liberman Graduate Center, DUC 300.

The No. 17 Washington University in St. Louis men’s basketball team will host No. 10 Illinois Wesleyan University in the second round of the 2013 NCAA Division III Men’s Basketball Championship Saturday, March 9, at the Field House. Game time is 7 p.m.

The campaign video for Washington University’s “Leading Together: The Campaign for Washington University” has won a Platinum Best of Show award at the Fall 2012 Aurora Awards competition in the fund raising category.

Due to Shriners Hospital construction, some changes have been made regarding Washington University Medical Center’s purple, green and red shuttles.

The St. Louis chapter of the National Association of Health Services Executives (NAHSE) will have its inaugural meeting March 21 in the hearth area on the second floor of the Farrell Learning and Teaching Center. A networking reception will be held from 5:30 to 6 p.m, and the meeting from 6-7 p.m. The meeting is […]

Washington University will test its emergency siren systems at 11 a.m. Monday, March 4 and again at 1:30 p.m. Tuesday, March 5. The tests will take place unless there is the potential for severe weather that day or some other emergency is occurring at that time. The March 5 drill at 1:30 p.m. will test the university’s emergency sirens as part of a Missouri statewide tornado drill. WUSTL’s warning sirens are located on Brookings Hall, Seigle Hall and Nemerov House.

In his first two books, Predictably Irrational and The Upside of Irrationality, Ariely shows how we often fail to act in our own best interests. With his third book, The (Honest) Truth about Dishonesty: How We Lie to Everyone – especially Ourselves, Ariely examines dishonesty in American culture and has some surprising findings to share at an Assembly Series presentation at 2 p.m. Wed., March 6 in Graham Chapel.

The 23rd annual Pow Wow, a festival of American Indian cultures, will be held Saturday, March 16, in the Field House on the Danforth Campus of Washington University in St. Louis. This event, hosted by the Kathryn M. Buder Center for American Indian Studies at the Brown School, is free and open to the public. This year’s theme is “Honoring Our Cultures While Strengthening Our Communities.”

WUSTL’s Police and Parking Services departments, in partnership with Hartmann’s Towing, once again will sponsor a free Travelers’ Vehicle Inspection service to students, faculty and staff Saturday, March 2. The service is designed for those who anticipate traveling by car for Spring Break, March 10-16.